23 Dec
Winter Solstice Family Dinner
Growing up in a traditional Chinese family, winter solstice is a rather big festival attached with great importance. My mum has always been telling us that we’ll be one year older after finishing bowls of brightly coloured tang yuan, which symbolizes reunion. For me, it is supposed to be a time of gathering with families and friends for a heart warming dinner as such:
(From L to R)
Steamed White Chicken. Stir Fried Assorted Vegetables. Braised Mushroom & Chicken Feet. Pan Fried Prawns. Siu Yoke & Char Siu. Sea Cucumber Soup with Cabbage, Fish Balls & Pork Balls.
There’s nothing as blissful as looking around the table and seeing faces you love and serving them good food.
Happy Winter Solstice everyone!
Posted by Nic (KHKL) on December 23, 2008 at 7:02 am
OMG! i think we have the identical dishes for the festival. except for the prawns. we had roasted duck instead. nice!
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Posted by Precious Pea on December 23, 2008 at 9:12 am
Yummy!! Lots of familiar dishes…all, nothing beats sitting together with family members over a home cooked meal right?
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Posted by Tummythoz on December 23, 2008 at 9:31 am
*sigh* My family’s not big on tradition. Less food for me. *boo-hoo-hoo*
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Posted by rokh on December 23, 2008 at 11:12 am
i am green with envy now or from tham jiak haha
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Posted by jason on December 24, 2008 at 3:40 am
Eh… no picture of the tong yuen?
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Posted by beachloverkitchen on December 26, 2008 at 2:40 am
wow! nice meal there,make me drooling just looking!! Meery Christmas and Happy Winter Solstice !!
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